Example sentences of "had [verb] [Wh det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A letter to the Japanese ambassador in Washington , signed by all 100 members of the US Senate , had preceded what the US saw as Japan 's belated Aug. 5 commitment on sanctions . |
| 2 | We had to guess what the speaker was intending to say , from the context — just as foreigners listening to English , in fact . |
| 3 | There 'd been photographs of these people 's faces in the newspapers , but Stephen had forgotten what the faces looked like . |
| 4 | And again had to wonder what the dickens was the matter with her for Ven , in no way similarly affected , moved and , taking casual hold of her arm , began to lead her across the road . |
| 5 | ‘ If Maurice had possessed what the kidnappers want , he 'd have given it up . |
| 6 | Of course , it was a very nice idea , but I had seen what the Germans were doing with colour television . |
| 7 | He had done what the Phoenicians had done , and the Byzantines , the Romans , the Crusaders , the Genoese and the Mamelukes . |
| 8 | No-one had said whose the other was , but from the tone of their glances Elizabeth guessed he was her husband 's — she glowed inside at the word . |
| 9 | In these matters Emilia Frere knew more than she , for the woman had crossed the threshold of the married state ; she had delivered herself over to the meeting of the flesh as Louisa had not been called upon to do ; she had experienced what the uninitiate could only surmise . |
| 10 | Somehow he had known what the outcome of all this was going to be . |
| 11 | However , the study found that if Gateshead council had spent what the Government said it should then the poll tax would increase by £26 to £297 . |
| 12 | He had remembered what the escapologist had taught him ! |
| 13 | The boy had learned what the man would never learn . |
| 14 | She inched back against the wall , part of her wanting to find some private place , yet knowing she would not — could not — move from this spot until she had read what the paper had to say . |